title: Renal angiomyolipoma with renal vein invasion.
abstract: Renal angiomyolipoma is a uncommon benign tumor, considered an hamartoma. The lesion, usually benign, can be single or multiple and well-circumscribed. In letterature only few cases of infiltrating angiomyolipomas have been described. The aim of the paper is to describe a paradigmatic case of a giant kidney angiomyolipoma, not associ- ated with tuberous sclerosis, invading the pelvis and the renal vein. The lesion have been discovered incidentally during abdominal ultrasound for other pathology. Owing to the extent of the lesion and the appreciable risk of bleeding, we opted for surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, San Bassiano Hospital, Bassano del Grappa VI, Italy. fdicristofano@gmail.com
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Cristofano
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrucci
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeccolini
authors.forename: Genesio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cicero
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Del Biondo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed